Punta Islay Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Punta Islay Lighthouse
Also known as: Punta Islay (Matarani, Mollendo)
This concrete lighthouse, built in 1930, stands 13 meters tall on a promontory at Matarani, Peru. The cylindrical tower, painted with its upper half red and lower half black, exhibits a white light with a single flash every 10 seconds. Its focal height reaches 65 meters, providing a geographic range of 20.8 nautical miles. The site is open to the public, though the tower itself is closed. The lighthouse replaced an earlier light that was situated on an island just offshore.
Why it matters: Punta Islay lighthouse guides vessels approaching or departing the nearby port of Matarani, approximately 1.1 kilometers away, and aids navigation along the southern Arequipa coastline.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 2 flashes
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 10s
- Focal Height
- 65m
- Light Range
- 19NM (35.2 km)
- Geographic Range
- 20.8NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1930
Significant events: The light was originally on an island just offshore
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 13m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- Upper half of the tower painted red, lower half black
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round cylindrical concrete tower
Location
- City
- Islay
- Country
- 🇵🇪Peru
- Region
- Arequipa
- Sea Region
- on a promontory at Matarani, about 10 km (6 mi) west of Mollendo in southern Arequipa
- Latitude
- -17.0158°
- Longitude
- -72.1119°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Matarani(1.1 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G2010
- NGA No.
- 976
- ARLHS No.
- PER-027
- Wikidata
- Q115204841 →
Nearby Ports
اعثر على منارة Punta Islay على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Peru، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.